How to select specific XML node in c#?

Question

XML,

 <A>
    <B  id="ABC">
      <C name="A" />
      <C name="B" />
      <C name="C" />
      <C name="G" />
    </B>
    <B id="ZYZ">
      <C name="1" />
      <C name="2" />
      <C name="3" />
      <C name="4" />
    </B>
  </A>

I Need to select only <C> nodes and assign to a variable.

I'm using following c# code which is not working,

var asdf = c.Elements("C");

asdf should contain ,

<C name="A" />
<C name="B" />
<C name="C" />
<C name="G" />
<C name="1" />
<C name="2" />
<C name="3" />
<C name="4" />

Any help appreciated!

What is c here? You haven't given us enough context. It sounds like you're just looking for the Descendants("C") method instead of Elements("C"). — Jon Skeet
– Jon Skeet, Commented Mar 13, 2014 at 12:57

Habib · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-13 13:00:15Z

2

You need Descendants like:

var cNodes = document.Descendants("C");

For output:

foreach (var item in cNodes)
{
    Console.WriteLine(item);
}

You will get:

<C name="A" />
<C name="B" />
<C name="C" />
<C name="G" />
<C name="1" />
<C name="2" />
<C name="3" />
<C name="4" />

answered Mar 13, 2014 at 13:00

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TLama · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-14 10:02:47Z

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this run:

XElement x = XElement.Parse("your_xml_string");

var asdf=x.Elements("B").Elements("C");

edited Mar 14, 2014 at 10:02

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answered Mar 13, 2014 at 13:04

Daniele Casiello

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Daniele Casiello Over a year ago

TLama what is changed with your edit? Excuse me but I new here.

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